Early languages blended, merged, and changed because of human migration and eventually fractured into a dozen language groups before subdividing into many new languages. He then traces back to the dawn of language itself and explains the slight evolutionary change in humans that made speech possible and the mysterious way in which languages developed among isolated groups at roughly the same time.
This guide is based on the book’s first edition published by William Morrow and Company.īill Bryson begins The Mother Tongue with a brief examination of the role that English plays in the contemporary world, providing plenty of evidence that English has become a global language for business, education, science, politics, and culture.
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